Symposium Director

Henry A. Nasrallah, MD
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Cincinnati, OH

Dr. Henry Nasrallah is an internationally recognized psychiatrist, educator, and researcher. He received his BS and MD degrees at the American University of Beirut (AUB). Following his psychiatric residency at the University of Rochester and neuroscience fellowship at the NIH, he served as a faculty member at the University of California, San Diego and the University of Iowa before assuming the chair of the Ohio State University Department of Psychiatry for twelve years. In 2003, following a research sabbatical, he joined the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine as Associate Dean and Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience.

Dr. Nasrallah is the director of the Schizophrenia Program, and his research focuses on the neurobiology and psychopharmacology of schizophrenia and related disorders. He has published more than 360 scientific articles and 400 abstracts, as well as 11 books. He is Editor-In-Chief of two prominent journals (Current Psychiatry and Schizophrenia Research) and is the co-founder of the Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS). He has been board-certified in both adult and geriatric psychiatry. He is a Fellow of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP), fellow of the American College of Psychiatrists, distinguished life fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and past President of the Cincinnati Psychiatric Society and the American Academy of Clinical Psychiatrists, and is currently the president of the Ohio Psychiatric Physicians Education and Research Foundation and President of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Faculty Forum (which represents 1500 faculty members). He has twice received the NAMI Exemplary Psychiatrist Award and was recognized as the U.S. Teacher of the Year by Psychiatric Times. He has received more than 80 federal, industry, and foundation research grants and is listed in several editions of Best Doctors in America.

Invited Faculty

Leslie Citrome, MD, MPH
Professor of Psychiatry
New York University School of Medicine
Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, New York Medical College

Dr. Citrome was the founding Director of the Clinical Research and Evaluation Facility at the Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research in Orangeburg, New York, and is currently a Professor of Psychiatry at the New York University School of Medicine and an Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at New York Medical College. Dr. Citrome is a consultant in clinical trial design and is a frequent lecturer on the quantitative assessment of clinical trial results using the evidence-based medicine metrics of number needed to treat and number needed to harm. Dr. Citrome's primary research interests have centered on psychopharmacologic approaches to schizophrenia, management of treatment-refractory schizophrenia, and the management of aggressive and violent behavior. He is the author or co-author of over 400 research reports, reviews, chapters and abstracts in the scientific literature, is the Associate Editor for Psychiatry for the International Journal of Clinical Practice, serves on the editorial board of 6 other medical journals, reviews for over 50 journals, and has lectured extensively throughout the USA, Canada, Europe, and Asia.

Andrew Cutler, MD
Founder, Florida Clinical Research Center
Bradenton, FL

Dr. Cutler was graduated from Haverford College in Pennsylvania and received his MD degree from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in 1989. He completed Internship and Residencies in both Psychiatry and Internal Medicine at the University of Virginia Medical Center and served as Chief Resident in the Department of Psychiatric Medicine. He has been Board Certified in both Psychiatry and Internal Medicine and has been conducting clinical research since 1993 at the University of Virginia, the University of Chicago, and since 1996, in Central Florida.

Dr. Cutler also speaks to professional and community audiences about the evaluation and treatment of mental illnesses such as ADHD, Bipolar Disorder (Manic-Depression), Major Depression, Anxiety Disorders and Schizophrenia.

Dr. Cutler conducts clinical trials for Phase I-IV studies. Indications include ADHD in children, adolescents and adults, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and other neuropsychiatric and medical conditions.

Rajiv Tandon, MD
Professor, Department of Psychiatry
University of Florida College of Medicine
Gainesville, FL

Dr. Tandon is the Chief of Psychiatry in the Program of Mental Health at the State of Florida Department of Children and Families. Formerly, he was promoted to Associate Professor, given Tenure and rose to Professor at the Department of Psychiatry in the University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, from 1987-2004.

In addition to his medical degree, he has a Master's degree in Clinical Research Design and Statistical Analysis from the University of Michigan School of Public Health and a diploma in Business Administration from the Harvard University Business School.

At the University of Michigan, he developed the clinical and research Schizophrenia Program, which was the sixth most published schizophrenia program in the world in the 1990's. Dr. Tandon has authored more than 250 scientific publications, and given over 600 national and international scientific presentations.